Table 3.

Material properties assigned to the different tissues comprising the knee joint.

Components	Modulus (MPa)	Poisson's ratio v
Bone	Young's: 1000	0.3
Cartilage	Young's: 25	0.45
Meniscus	Circumferential E1: 120	Out-of-plane: v12 = v13 = 0.3
	Axial and radial: E2, E3: 20	In-plane (circumferential) v23 = 0.2
	Shear G12, G13: 57.7
	Shear G23: 8.33

Source: (Perie and Hobatho 1998; Schreppers et al. 1990; Shepherd and Seedhom 1997; Shepherd and Seedhom 1999; Weiss and Gardiner 2001).